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March 10, 2013 |By JAKE ELLISON

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Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building in Backnang, Germany, Sunday. An early-morning fire Sunday at the apartment building in southwestern Germany left eight people dead, seven of them children, police said. Three other people were injured in the fire in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, and taken to hospitals. Police said the victims were of Turkish origin, news agency dpa reported; Turkey's ambassador to Germany planned to travel to the scene. Authorities were alerted to the blaze at 4:30 a.m. (0330 GMT). Police said they believe the fire broke out in a second-floor apartment, and said in a statement that their investigation is focusing on a heater in the apartment.

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Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building in Backnang, Germany, Sunday. An early-morning fire Sunday at the apartment building in southwestern Germany left eight people dead, seven of them children, police said. Three other people were injured in the fire in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, and taken to hospitals. Police said the victims were of Turkish origin, news agency dpa reported; Turkey's ambassador to Germany planned to travel to the scene. Authorities were alerted to the blaze at 4:30 a.m. (0330 GMT). Police said they believe the fire broke out in a second-floor apartment, and said in a statement that their investigation is focusing on a heater in the apartment.